Table 3.
Fatty acid composition in each melting point of fat tissue.
| Fatty acid | Total (n = 12) | Melting point (°C) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| High (n = 4) 27.68 ± 1.94 | Medium (n = 4) 19.19 ± 0.13 | Low (n = 4) 14.98 ± 0.91 | ||
| C16:0 | 22.27 ± 3.50 | 23.28 ± 2.69 | 21.39 ± 3.34 | 20.70 ± 4.00 |
| C18:0 | 9.37 ± 1.90 | 10.80 ± 2.39 | 9.25 ± 1.55 | 8.19 ± 0.22 |
| SFA | 31.64 4.67 | 33.91 5.10 | 31.49 5.36 | 29.53 4.44 |
| C18:1n9 | 54.11 ± 5.17 | 51.78 ± 3.65 | 52.79 ± 3.88 | 57.02 ± 6.46 |
| USFA | 68.36 4.67 | 66.09 5.10 | 68.51 5.36 | 70.47 4.44 |
| Ole/Ste | 5.99 1.22 | 5.27 1.50 | 5.76 0.87 | 6.94 0.98 |
| C18:2n6 | 13.54 ± 7.80 | 13.47 ± 7.55 | 16.04 ± 8.16 | 12.94 ± 7.60 |
| C18:3n3 | 0.71 ± 0.59 | 0.67 ± 0.03 | 0.53 ± 0.30 | 1.15 ± 1.05 |
| PUFA | 14.25 7.99 | 13.92 8.69 | 14.92 9.72 | 13.92 9.18 |
| SFA/USFA | 2.23 0.46 | 2.00 0.44 | 2.24 0.48 | 2.45 0.55 |
Values were average ± SD.
C16:0: palmitic acid, C18:0: stearic acid, SAF: C16:0+C18:0 (༅), C18:1n9: oleic acid, USAF: C18:1n9+C18:2n6+C18:3n3 (༅), Ole/Ste: C18:1n9/ C18:0, C18:2n6: linoleic acid, C18:3n3: α-linolenic acid, PUAF: C18:2n6+C18:3n3 (༅), USFA/SFA: C18:1n9+C18:2n6+C18:3n3/ C18:2n6+C18:3n3.